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Pavin Smith

Pavin Smith — hitting .125 in our graded log with 1 home run. The model's read on his matchups, and where it's been right.

Last scored board
51.7
RBIs · @ STL · 2026-07-23
Our calls on him · hits
100%
record builds as games settle
Games graded
24
this season, box-score final
Pavin Smith
1BBats LThrows LArizona Diamondbacks
RBIs51.7/100proj 0.5Hits46.4/100proj 0.9H+R+RBI43.7/100proj 1.6Walks36.1/100proj 0.3Fantasy Points35.8/100proj 5.9Total Bases32.4/100proj 1.4Home Runs32.1/100proj 0.1Doubles27.6/100proj 0.2Singles27.6/100proj 0.6Triples27.6/100proj 0Stolen Bases19.7/100proj 0Runs18.7/100proj 0.4

Not on the current slate

Pavin hasn't been scored in 31 days — his last matchup was against St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday, July 23, 2026. A gap that long usually means an injury, a minor-league option, or a roster move rather than a rest day. Everything below is his most recent real production, not a projection.

Recent form

Pavin is 3-for-32 (.094) over his last 10 games, in line with his .125 season line. No hot streak to fade, no slump to buy — the matchup is doing the work in his score, which is the normal case. The full game log is below.

He's a left-handed bat

Pavin hits from the left side, and that's the first thing the model looks at. Left-handed hitters see right-handed pitching most nights, which is the favourable side — so a lefty bat's baseline is set against righties, and drawing a left-handed starter is a genuine downgrade rather than a rounding error. When you see his score fall on a day he's still in the lineup, an opposing lefty is usually why. Handedness also shapes the park read: pull-side geometry matters more for a left-handed swing than the raw park factor suggests.

Floor and ceiling

Pavin has recorded at least one hit in 7 of 23 games he's batted in — 30% — with 2 multi-hit games among them. That's a boom-or-bust profile. He'll carry a game outright and then go quiet for three, so his hits-board score tends to sit below hitters with worse power and better contact.

Home and away

Pavin is hitting .206 at home (7-for-34) and .053 on the road (2-for-38) across the season. That's a real-looking split, and it's the kind of thing that's usually part park and part noise. The model doesn't apply a blanket home-road adjustment — it prices the actual ballpark he's standing in, which is the part that carries signal.

No graded record on him yet

We haven't ranked Pavin a top-20 hitter matchup often enough this season to have a record worth publishing — 1 time so far. He's appeared in 24 graded games, so the log below is real; there just isn't a track record on our calls to show. It'll build here if the matchups start landing his way.

Where he lands across our boards

Pavin was scored on 12 boards in that matchup, and the spread is the interesting part: rbis graded 51.7/100 while runs came in at 18.7/100. Same player, same game, same opposing arm — different questions. A spread that wide usually means the matchup favours one kind of outcome over another, and it's the clearest argument for reading the board that matches what you actually care about.

How the model reads him

Pavin gets scored the same way a backup infielder does — same inputs, same scale, no thumb on it. What he's done against arms of this handedness, what this particular pitcher and bullpen give up, his likely plate appearances, the ballpark, the conditions, his recent form. The weighting behind those is ours and gets re-tuned weekly against what actually happened. The output is public and graded, which is the only claim worth making.

What we'd flag

Read this page knowing what it can't do. It can't show you a line no book posted — coverage peaks around 87% for confirmed starters. It can't see a lineup change that happens after the projection publishes. And it can't tell you anything useful from one game, because the model is only measurable across a season-sized sample. For Pavin specifically, his sample is small (72 at-bats logged), and we don't have a meaningful graded record on him yet.

Recent game log

DateOppABHHRRRBI
Wednesday, July 8@ SD40000
Tuesday, July 7@ SD30000
Monday, July 6@ SD10000
Sunday, July 5vs MIL41000
Wednesday, July 1vs SF41011
Tuesday, June 30vs SF30000
Monday, June 29vs SF30000
Sunday, June 28@ TB41000
Friday, June 26@ TB40000
Tuesday, June 23@ STL20000
Monday, June 22@ STL30000
Sunday, June 21vs MIN40000

Pavin Smith — FAQ

Is Pavin Smith playing today?

Pavin Smith isn't in a confirmed lineup on the current slate, and was last scored on Thursday, July 23, 2026. This page updates with fresh projections as soon as he's back in one.

How has Pavin Smith been hitting lately?

Pavin is 3-for-32 (.094) over his last 10 games, against .125 on the season across 72 at-bats in our log, with 1 home run. The full game-by-game log is on this page.

Which MatchWiz boards does Pavin Smith appear on?

Pavin was scored on 12 boards in his last matchup — rbis, hits, h+r+rbi, walks, fantasy points. Each one asks a different question about the same game, so his score can be strong on one and weak on another.

Are Pavin Smith's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).